Breckenridge Creek Deposit

Prospect in Whatcom county in Washington, United States with commodity Chromium
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10278387
MRDS ID M700016
MAS/MILS ID 0530730390
Record type Site
Current site name Breckenridge Creek Deposit
Alternate or previous names Breckenridge Creek
Related records 10047742

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -122.21516, 48.92651 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Whatcom(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Kendall(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bellingham(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Victoria(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Sumas River(hydrologic unit)

Puget Sound(hydrologic accounting unit)

Puget Sound(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Whatcom

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 040 N 005 E 30 N2SW Washington

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -122.21516, 48.92651

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1930

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 24-JUN-1994 Ridenour, James U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.